We took a little break this afternoon and went for a short drive to enjoy our beautiful Florida weather. Add in a fishing pole for my son, a bucket of fried chicken and ice cold drinks…we were set for a fun afternoon by the water.
Our destination? Matlacha! Have you heard of it?
Matlacha (Matt-la-shay) is a colorful little town full of big, colorful art!Lovegrove Gallery is always on my list of stops! This has been one of my favorite places to find art for years now! We are talking “Island Art“ at its finest around here! It’s located on Pine Island, Florida, and you might miss it if you’re not looking for it!
No photos are allowed inside, but I did take this shot of the garden. It’s constantly changing…love, love, love it!
This is in the backyard of the Sea Grape Gallery. I wish I would wake up to one in my backyard one day…ha!
You can see more photos of Matlacha from a couple years ago in this post. It includes some of the things I’ve purchased over the years from the galleries. Every time I visit I find something I’ve gotta have!
Sometimes you have to take a little break and recharge. Do you have a favorite spot near you? I’d love to hear about it!
~Kim
This reminds me of the art galleries/shops my mom used to take us to during our summer vacations on Sanibel Island! (have you guys been there? The Bubble Room is my favorite restaurant of all time – the food AND the decorations, of course! so many neat things there!) This was many years ago but I was always amazed at all the different styles of art. There was such a good mix of “classic art” and “island art” and, my favorite, “funky art!” 😀
I think it really influenced me as a kid to see so many things classified as art that weren’t what you were exposed to in art class at school.
I used to try so hard to make salt dough replicas of all the stuff my mom liked from the galleries – like “crazy bird” garden sculptures, clay flowers… all sorts of stuff! I definitely owe it to her that I have this “I can try anything!” attitude with crafts (:
That place looks really neat, we will definitely have to check it out when we are up there again.. Thanks for sharing! (: